TOSS must enable hardening for the Berkeley Packet Filter Just-in-time compiler.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-253114 | TOSS-04-040730 | SV-253114r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Enabling hardening for the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) Just-in-time (JIT) compiler aids in mitigating JIT spraying attacks. Setting the value to "2" enables JIT hardening for all users. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-253114r991589_chk)
Verify TOSS enables hardening for the BPF JIT with the following commands:
$ sudo sysctl net.core.bpf_jit_harden
net.core.bpf_jit_harden = 2
If the returned line does not have a value of "2", or a line is not returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56517r825013_fix)
Configure TOSS to enable hardening for the BPF JIT compiler by adding the following line to a file in the "/etc/sysctl.d" directory:
net.core.bpf_jit_harden = 2
The system configuration files need to be reloaded for the changes to take effect. To reload the contents of the files, run the following command:
$ sudo sysctl --system